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China is the top country by fish and seafood for food in the world. As of 2021, fish and seafood for food in China was 58,124 thousand tonnes that accounts for 36.61% of the world's fish and seafood for food. The top 5 countries (others are Indonesia, India, the United States of America, and Japan) account for 59.62% of it. The world's total fish and seafood for food was estimated at 158,749 thousand tonnes in 2021.

Fish and seafood for food (thousand tonnes)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Afghanistan	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	15	15	14	14	14
Albania	18	19	21	21	22	24	26	25	27	24	24	24
Algeria	141	149	154	160	171	165	164	170	178	166	166	166
Angola	368	475	595	602	663	568	547	543	462	458	458	458
Antigua and Barbuda	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Argentina	236	245	242	299	251	311	264	320	327	307	307	307
Armenia	8	10	10	12	16	19	19	17	16	16	16	16
Australia	614	610	611	623	617	606	641	647	662	629	629	629
Austria	114	120	116	118	121	122	123	124	125	129	129	129
Azerbaijan	20	20	22	26	18	13	21	32	20	21	21	21
Bahamas	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11
Bangladesh	2,950	3,025	3,208	3,376	3,541	3,728	3,870	4,153	4,288	4,399	4,399	4,399
Barbados	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Belarus	160	137	144	154	150	115	106	112	107	114	114	114
Belgium	278	289	278	279	294	279	270	263	266	280	280	280
Belize	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7
Benin	127	129	129	138	215	207	226	202	181	204	204	204
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	18	23	23	23	26	29	29	29	27	33	33	33
Bosnia and Herzegovina	21	18	18	16	20	20	21	19	21	24	24	24
Botswana	7	6	10	8	8	7	9	6	6	6	6	6
Brazil	1,686	1,809	1,918	1,954	2,023	1,858	1,832	1,872	1,772	1,721	1,721	1,721
Bulgaria	48	42	42	49	47	51	52	51	50	50	50	50
Burkina Faso	83	107	114	117	115	125	136	157	173	186	186	186
Burundi	18	14	19	20	24	28	30	27	28	31	31	31
Cambodia	519	593	609	632	650	646	665	689	706	728	728	728
Cameroon	364	432	404	441	449	469	503	477	541	497	497	497
Canada	774	800	786	836	821	794	824	817	856	783	783	783
Cabo Verde	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	6	6	6
Central African Republic	41	41	38	36	36	36	36	37	36	35	35	35
Chad	92	96	101	121	122	101	111	108	108	108	108	108
Chile	241	252	232	229	240	233	231	247	264	282	282	282
China	44,997	46,001	47,717	49,947	52,345	54,835	55,835	56,612	57,157	58,124	58,124	58,124
China, Hong Kong SAR	502	506	484	479	493	507	508	486	496	493	493	493
China, Macao SAR	32	33	31	32	39	39	37	39	43	48	48	48
China, Taiwan Province of	706	782	821	780	791	744	693	700	689	709	709	709
Colombia	258	281	295	325	352	351	357	365	388	453	453	453
Comoros	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	12	14	14	14
Congo	84	99	110	118	132	122	138	150	153	135	135	135
Costa Rica	48	55	54	57	68	73	84	93	92	91	91	91
Cote d'Ivoire	300	322	295	307	374	441	456	515	584	590	590	590
Croatia	78	86	81	82	77	71	72	78	80	82	82	82
Cuba	65	62	62	63	71	78	71	65	69	69	69	69
Cyprus	25	25	25	25	28	27	28	29	28	31	31	31
Czechia	102	97	91	92	93	99	95	99	106	112	112	112
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	242	247	257	269	268	284	281	312	320	299	299	299
Denmark	128	128	127	130	133	143	142	145	128	134	134	134
Djibouti	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4
Dominica	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Dominican Republic	76	81	76	64	86	77	92	89	106	92	92	92
Ecuador	128	132	137	140	142	131	142	124	96	116	116	116
Egypt	1,752	1,758	1,810	1,815	2,186	2,176	2,208	2,240	2,530	2,766	2,766	2,766
El Salvador	44	49	40	41	52	46	43	43	50	46	46	46
Estonia	16	17	15	19	16	16	18	19	20	17	17	17
Ethiopia	17	23	28	39	50	46	51	57	58	62	62	62
Fiji	29	32	33	33	33	33	30	27	28	27	27	27
Finland	188	195	193	192	195	191	174	185	173	176	176	176
France	2,206	2,244	2,119	2,186	2,184	2,168	2,205	2,263	2,265	2,169	2,169	2,169
Gabon	48	58	59	63	69	67	67	64	73	73	73	73
Gambia	49	44	37	45	52	56	58	61	50	61	61	61
Georgia	38	37	35	36	35	33	35	41	38	40	40	40
Germany	1,180	1,199	1,141	1,048	1,070	1,060	1,132	1,055	1,078	1,097	1,097	1,097
Ghana	560	665	611	655	602	675	720	737	750	775	775	775
Greece	209	196	173	184	190	191	218	206	210	226	226	226
Grenada	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Guatemala	24	24	40	41	48	47	54	55	61	60	60	60
Guinea	108	117	126	149	130	132	129	141	144	148	148	148
Guinea-Bissau	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Guyana	24	23	24	19	20	19	18	19	21	20	20	20
Haiti	39	50	36	51	57	62	50	71	67	57	57	57
Honduras	26	42	28	18	13	19	23	29	35	47	47	47
Hungary	53	54	50	51	55	58	56	61	63	61	61	61
Iceland	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	32	32
India	6,902	6,311	7,427	7,587	8,238	8,550	9,201	9,857	10,632	11,206	11,206	11,206
Indonesia	6,764	7,536	7,744	8,903	9,490	10,028	10,405	11,227	11,572	12,154	12,154	12,154
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	640	686	737	762	821	851	930	949	1,037	1,060	1,060	1,060
Iraq	83	85	111	112	133	87	102	127	116	124	124	124
Ireland	103	95	95	96	101	99	100	111	92	100	100	100
Israel	164	182	161	180	187	187	200	214	207	201	201	201
Italy	1,630	1,684	1,580	1,598	1,702	1,783	1,805	1,806	1,780	1,749	1,749	1,749
Jamaica	66	70	66	69	65	66	71	78	76	78	78	78
Japan	6,775	6,566	6,605	6,213	6,285	6,085	5,787	5,843	5,646	5,622	5,622	5,622
Jordan	43	38	51	48	50	54	58	53	52	53	53	53
Kazakhstan	84	80	80	78	65	72	57	52	53	71	71	71
Kenya	139	188	164	179	190	187	171	155	158	153	153	153
Kiribati	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Kuwait	44	44	53	46	50	54	52	60	62	63	63	63
Kyrgyzstan	11	13	15	14	18	11	7	7	6	6	6	6
Lao People's Democratic Republic	114	130	136	147	169	160	172	180	184	190	190	190
Latvia	58	53	43	48	46	45	50	47	45	46	46	46
Lebanon	53	51	52	55	59	53	58	58	61	51	51	51
Lesotho	2	4	3	3	6	3	4	4	7	6	6	6
Liberia	19	21	23	28	32	30	28	23	21	22	22	22
Libya	134	106	141	143	122	103	106	143	127	136	136	136
Lithuania	105	101	81	91	98	80	84	90	77	81	81	81
Luxembourg	15	16	19	18	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20
Madagascar	120	115	110	96	86	108	133	146	113	110	110	110
Malawi	105	88	131	120	127	153	168	216	216	190	190	190
Malaysia	1,720	1,612	1,768	1,772	1,721	1,758	1,789	1,799	1,779	1,771	1,771	1,771
Maldives	63	63	64	64	64	62	61	45	46	42	42	42
Mali	118	126	90	119	108	129	153	173	166	185	185	185
Malta	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Mauritania	30	31	34	35	34	35	35	39	32	38	38	38
Mauritius	27	27	29	30	35	33	36	36	37	37	37	37
Mexico	1,431	1,300	1,391	1,556	1,786	1,849	1,951	1,832	2,072	1,757	1,757	1,757
Mongolia	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4
Montenegro	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10
Morocco	465	461	563	596	583	700	715	693	683	680	680	680
Mozambique	172	216	230	260	287	326	328	357	378	420	420	420
Myanmar	2,238	2,245	2,303	2,282	2,400	2,442	2,486	2,454	2,344	2,184	2,184	2,184
Namibia	27	25	29	28	26	30	31	30	29	29	29	29
Nepal	54	60	64	65	74	78	81	87	96	102	102	102
New Zealand	114	112	110	115	113	113	112	117	124	127	127	127
Nicaragua	37	33	32	35	43	36	41	47	47	44	44	44
Niger	43	55	49	48	51	35	44	32	36	45	45	45
Nigeria	2,233	2,493	2,256	2,322	2,188	2,035	1,706	1,740	1,753	1,791	1,791	1,791
Norway	265	261	265	263	261	260	270	272	271	271	271	271
Oman	83	92	96	104	110	119	127	132	137	142	142	142
Pakistan	338	347	346	364	364	392	380	376	354	334	334	334
Panama	52	53	56	54	55	59	60	61	65	66	66	66
Paraguay	24	25	25	26	28	27	27	29	34	34	34	34
Peru	652	667	693	682	730	764	760	788	835	893	893	893
Philippines	3,152	2,906	2,935	2,842	2,984	3,053	2,968	2,755	3,035	3,185	3,185	3,185
Poland	451	392	401	411	422	386	474	471	440	432	432	432
Portugal	605	600	558	573	554	546	592	587	612	611	611	611
Republic of Korea	2,809	2,936	2,795	2,623	2,806	2,907	2,874	2,974	2,988	2,884	2,884	2,884
Republic of Moldova	44	42	43	46	46	37	42	43	44	45	45	45
Romania	139	106	114	117	132	141	148	163	165	156	156	156
Russian Federation	3,241	3,228	3,455	3,337	3,257	2,923	2,996	2,927	3,139	3,169	3,169	3,169
Rwanda	28	46	50	52	58	81	91	94	62	59	59	59
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Saint Lucia	5	4	5	4	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Samoa	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Sao Tome and Principe	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Saudi Arabia	309	307	365	372	383	370	387	375	361	409	409	409
Senegal	310	313	331	336	297	249	279	303	305	285	285	285
Serbia	55	73	70	55	59	49	41	55	59	59	59	59
Seychelles	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Sierra Leone	196	198	199	202	204	198	199	192	204	203	203	203
Slovakia	43	43	42	47	46	51	50	53	54	56	56	56
Slovenia	23	23	21	22	23	23	24	25	25	27	27	27
Solomon Islands	20	20	21	19	22	21	20	20	21	24	24	24
South Africa	302	295	392	337	389	362	348	367	439	383	383	383
South Sudan										33	33	33
Spain	1,998	2,007	1,894	1,986	2,060	2,036	1,980	1,974	1,916	1,905	1,905	1,905
Sri Lanka	526	606	624	625	649	666	672	649	626	636	636	636
Sudan			46	43	41	42	44	47	53	51	51	51
Suriname	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sweden	292	310	303	328	340	325	317	325	336	323	323	323
Switzerland	142	143	136	144	139	143	148	144	143	138	138	138
Syrian Arab Republic	68	73	54	50	51	30	28	27	34	38	38	38
Tajikistan	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	5	6	6	6	6
Thailand	1,659	1,809	1,779	1,850	1,627	1,651	1,957	1,926	2,118	2,052	2,052	2,052
Timor-Leste	6	7	8	7	8	7	8	9	6	8	8	8
Togo	73	85	81	79	75	94	90	97	71	77	77	77
Trinidad and Tobago	27	31	31	35	32	29	29	28	28	28	28	28
Tunisia	132	134	152	150	154	143	148	145	149	161	161	161
Turkmenistan	20	18	20	20	20	20	18	17	16	16	16	16
Uganda	459	483	455	470	533	474	465	464	495	656	656	656
Ukraine	623	644	646	769	571	417	467	520	574	601	601	601
United Arab Emirates	210	218	232	232	240	246	244	251	254	246	246	246
United Republic of Tanzania	286	284	317	350	316	377	372	385	376	426	426	426
United States of America	6,679	6,753	6,666	6,729	6,962	7,050	7,095	7,381	7,402	7,537	7,537	7,537
Uruguay	18	24	22	23	31	29	28	32	35	32	32	32
Uzbekistan	15	25	37	48	58	70	72	89	99	135	135	135
Vanuatu	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	301	300	352	328	334	260	297	289	291	290	290	290
Viet Nam	2,958	2,956	3,079	3,026	2,955	3,246	3,320	3,605	3,723	3,850	3,850	3,850
Yemen	69	59	130	138	139	122	105	101	88	84	84	84
Zambia	92	90	122	146	169	200	209	222	232	240	240	240
Zimbabwe	30	41	43	52	53	62	62	58	47	31	31	31
Micronesia	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16
Papua New Guinea	118	117	122	126	128	133	147	146	145	131	131	131
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1,230	1,288	1,294	1,335	1,234	1,239	1,313	1,250	1,194	1,216	1,216	1,216
Democratic Republic of the Congo	334	345	348	360	380	364	372	407	393	374	374	374

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